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Lexicon :: Strong's H3967 - mē'â

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מֵאָה
Transliteration
mē'â
Pronunciation
may-aw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred
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TWOT Reference: 1135

Strong’s Definitions

מֵאָה mêʼâh, may-aw'; or מֵאיָה mêʼyâh; properly, a primitive numeral a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction:—hundred((-fold), -th), sixscore.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 581x

The KJV translates Strong's H3967 in the following manner: hundred (571x), eleven hundred (with H505) (3x), hundredth (3x), hundredfold (2x), sixscore (with H6242) (1x), hundred times (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 581x
The KJV translates Strong's H3967 in the following manner: hundred (571x), eleven hundred (with H505) (3x), hundredth (3x), hundredfold (2x), sixscore (with H6242) (1x), hundred times (1x).

  1. hundred

    1. as simple number

    2. as part of larger number

    3. as a fraction - one one-hundredth (1/100)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מֵאָה mêʼâh, may-aw'; or מֵאיָה mêʼyâh; properly, a primitive numeral a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction:—hundred((-fold), -th), sixscore.
STRONGS H3967: Abbreviations
I. מֵאָה 583 noun feminine hundred (Late Hebrew id.; MI20 מאתן (dual); SI5 מאת, מאתים (dual); Phoenician מאת מאתם (dual); Assyrian mê (probably, Dl§ 75), Tel Amarna mê-at WklTelAm 20*; Arabic bdb054703 Sabean מאת מאתם OsZMG x. 1856, 49; CISiv. i. 6, 4; 46, 6; מאה EutSin 457; Ethiopic bdb054704; Aramaic מְאָה, bdb054705; Palmyrene תלת מאה 300VogPalm 6, 4; Nabataean מאה EutNab 8, 9); — מ׳ Genesis 6:3 144 times; construct מְאַת Genesis 5:3 + 30 times (on מְאַת Ecclesiastes 8:12 see 2d below); plural absolute מֵאוֺת Genesis 5:9 324 times (מֵאֹת only Genesis 5:4, 30); המאיות Kt 2 Kings 11:4 + 3 times 2 Kings 11; dual מָאתַיִם (תָ֑יִם -) Genesis 11:19 + 76 times (but 1 Samuel 18:27 read מֵאָה (מְאַת) Greek Version of the LXX We Dr Kit Bu HPS); — hundred: —
1. as simple number:
a. absolute singular,
(1) following by singular of noun enumerated: מֵאָה קְשִׂיטָה Genesis 33:19; Joshua 24:32 (both E); אִישׁ מ׳ Judges 7:19; 1 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 4:43; אַמָּה מ׳ 1 Kings 7:2; Ezekiel 40:19 +; כִּכָּר מ׳ 2 Kings 23:33; 2 Chronicles 25:6; 27:5; 36:3; Ezra 8:26; אֶלֶף מ׳ = 100,000 1 Kings 20:29 + 6 times Kings Chronicles; compare also Genesis 17:17 (P), 2 Samuel 8:4; Isaiah 65:20 (twice in verse), and followed by collective noun רֶכֶב 2 Samuel 8:4 = 1 Chronicles 18:4, צאֹן 1 Kings 5:3;
(2) less often followed by plural מֵאָה שְׁעָרִים Genesis 26:12 (J), פְּעָמִים מ׳ 2 Samuel 24:3 = 1 Chronicles 21:3, נְבִיאִים מ׳ 1 Kings 18:4, etc.;
(3) seldom, and late, preceded by plural noun: הָרִמֹּנִים מֵאָה Jeremiah 52:23, אַמּוֺת הַמֵּאָה Ezekiel 42:2, compare Ezra 2:69; 2 Chronicles 3:16; 4:8; 29:32;
(4) exceptional is מֵאָה לְכִּכָּרִים כְּלֵי כֶסֶף Ezra 8:26; also, with ellipsis, מֵאָה כֶסֶף Deuteronomy 22:19 (i.e. shekels); מֵאָה קַיִץ 2 Samuel 16:1 (i.e. cakes);
(5) מֵאָה without noun enumerated, especially = a hundred (men, persons) Judges 20:10 (twice in verse); Amos 5:3 (twice in verse); Leviticus 26:8 (twice in verse) (H), 1 Chronicles 12:14; מ׳ Proverbs 17:10 100 (blows), Ecclesiastes 6:3 100 (children), Ecclesiastes 8:12 100 (times). — On Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 12:39 see below
b. absolute dual,
(1) foll, by singular, מָאתַיִם אִישׁ 1 Samuel 18:27; 1 Samuel 30:10; 2 Samuel 15:11, לֶחֶם מ׳ 1 Samuel 25:18; 2 Samuel 16:1, צִנָּה מ׳ 1 Kings 10:16 2 Chronicles 9:15, אֶלֶף מ׳ 1 Samuel 15:4 +, שָׁנָה מ׳ Genesis 11:23 (P);
(2) less often followed by plural שְׁקָלִים מ׳ Joshua 7:21 (JE), 2 Samuel 14:26, דְּבֵלִים מ׳ 1 Samuel 25:18, אֲנָשִׁים מ׳ 1 Samuel 30:21, compare Ezra 8:4;
(3) also preceded by plural noun: עִוִּים מ׳ Genesis 32:15, רְחֵלִים מ׳ Genesis 32:15 (E), הָרִמּוֺנִים מ׳ 1 Kings 7:20, compare 1 Chronicles 15:8; 2 Chronicles 29:32; Ezra 2:65;
(4) with ellipsis כֶּסֶף מ׳ Judges 17:4;
(5) as predicate, רָאשֵׁיהֶם מ׳ 1 Chronicles 12:32 (33 van d. H).
c. absolute plural ׃מֵא(וֺ)ת —
(1) alone, = hundreds, לְמֵאוֺת 1 Samuel 29:2 by hundreds, so 2 Samuel 18:4 (both + thousands); especially שָׂרֵי (הַ)מּ׳ captains of (the) hundreds Exodus 18:21, 25 (E), 2 Kings 11:4, 9, 10, 15 +;
(2) multiplied, followed by noun enumerated, in singular: אִישׁ שְׁלשׁ מ׳ Judges 7:6, 300 men, compare Judges 7:7; Judges 7:8; Judges 7:16; Judges 8:4; Exodus 12:27 (E), etc.; שָׁנָה אַרְבַּע מ׳ Genesis 15:13 (JE) 400 years; אֶלֶף חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ 2 Samuel 24:9 500,000, compare 2 Chronicles 13:17; רֶכֶב שֵׁשׁ מ׳ Exodus 14:7 (J) 600 chariots; אִישׁ שְׁבַע מ׳ Judges 20:15, 16 700 men; חָלָל שְׁמֹנֶה מ׳ 2 Samuel 23:8 800 slain; רֶכֶב תְּשַׁע מ׳ Judges 4:3, 13 900 chariots;
(3) less often followed by plural noun: שׁוּעָלִים שְׁלשׁ מ׳ Judges 15:4 300 foxes; אֲתוֺנוֺת חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ Job 1:3 500 she-asses, etc.;
(4) rare, and chiefly late, after plural noun מִּלַגְשִׁים שְׁלשׁ מ׳ 1 Kings 11:3 300 concubines, compare 1 Kings 7:42 2 Chronicles 4:13; 1 Chronicles 4:42; 2 Chronicles 14:8 etc.; after.collective noun בָּקָר חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ 2 Chronicles 35:9;
(5) rare is בַּשֶּׁקֶל חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ Exodus 30:24 (P);
(6) ellipsis of n., כֶּסֶף שְׁלשׁ מ׳ Genesis 45:22 (E), etc.
d. construct singular, only followed by singular, and late: מְאַתשָֿׁנָה Genesis 11:10; Genesis 21:5; Genesis 25:7 (all P) + 25 times P, 1 Chronicles 25:9; Esther 1:4 (DrIntr. 124) (also with other numerals, see 2 below); מְאַ֖ת Ecclesiastes 8:12 100 times (מֵאָה מְּעָמִיםׅ, sc. מַּעַם, or perhaps only apparently construct (Köii. 228 compare Ew§ 269 b. 279 e). — Nehemiah 5:11 see 3 below
2. as part of larger number:
a. usually preceding tens and units,
(1) with noun expressed once, or not at all, earlier usage, usually with וְ before ten if no unit follows, otherwise without וְ before ten (see Köii. 218 ff.): מֵאָה וְעֶשֶׂר שָׂרִים Judges 2:8; שִׁשִּׁים וָשֵׁשׁ כִּכָּר שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֺת 1 Kings 10:14 666 talents, etc. (exceptions are Nehemiah 7:24 and Nehemiah 7:31);
(2) chiefly late, with noun and וְ repeated: שָׁנָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה מֵאָה שָׁנִים וְשֶׁבַע Genesis 23:1 (P) (compare ואלף אמה ומאת אמה SI5.6 DaExpos. Times. May, 1898).
b. less often, following tens and units, chiefly late, with וְ repeated: — עֶשְׂרִים וּמֵאָה Numbers 7:86 (P); שֶׁבַע וּשְׁלשִׁים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה Exodus 6:16 (P), etc.; with noun after ten and after hundred, חָמֵשׁ וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וּשְׁלשׁ מֵאוֺת שָׁנָה Genesis 5:23(P), etc. — On these usages see, further, Köii. 217 ff. DaSynt. §§ 36 R. 3, 37 (d) Ges §§ 97, 134 and especially HernerSynt. d. Zahlw-rter im AT (1893).
3. מְאַת הַכֶּסֶף Nehemiah 5:11 = a hundredth part of the money; but read quite possibly מַשַּׁאת the debt (GeiJüd. Zeitschr. viii. 1870, 227 Gr.)

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3969.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

5:3; 5:3; 5:4; 5:9; 5:23; 5:30; 6:1; 6:3; 11:10; 11:19; 11:23; 15:13; 17:17; 21:5; 23:1; 25:7; 26:12; 32:15; 32:15; 33:19; 45:22

Exodus

6:16; 12:27; 14:7; 18:21; 18:25; 30:24

Leviticus

26:8

Numbers

7:86

Deuteronomy

22:19

Joshua

7:21; 24:32

Judges

2:8; 4:3; 4:13; 7:6; 7:7; 7:8; 7:16; 7:19; 8:4; 15:4; 17:4; 20:10; 20:15; 20:16

1 Samuel

15:4; 18:27; 18:27; 25:18; 25:18; 29:2; 30:10; 30:21

2 Samuel

8:4; 8:4; 14:26; 15:11; 16:1; 16:1; 18:4; 23:8; 24:3; 24:9

1 Kings

5:3; 7:2; 7:20; 7:42; 10:14; 10:16; 11:3; 18:4; 18:13; 20:29

2 Kings

4:43; 11; 11:4; 11:4; 11:9; 11:10; 11:15; 23:33

1 Chronicles

4:42; 12:14; 12:32; 15:8; 18:4; 21:3; 25:9

2 Chronicles

3:16; 4:8; 4:13; 9:15; 13:17; 14:8; 25:6; 27:5; 29:32; 29:32; 35:9; 36:3

Ezra

2:65; 2:69; 8:4; 8:26; 8:26

Nehemiah

3:1; 5:11; 5:11; 7:24; 7:31; 12:39

Esther

1:4

Job

1:3

Proverbs

17:10

Ecclesiastes

6:3; 8:12; 8:12; 8:12

Isaiah

65:20

Jeremiah

52:23

Ezekiel

40:19; 42:2

Amos

5:3

H3967

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Strong's Number H3967 matches the Hebrew מֵאָה (mē'â),
which occurs 583 times in 511 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 11 (Gen 5:3–Gen 23:16)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:3 - When Adam was 130 years old, he became the father of a son who was just like him—in his very image. He named his son Seth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:4 - After the birth of Seth, Adam lived another 800 years, and he had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:5 - Adam lived 930 years, and then he died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:6 - When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of[fn] Enosh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:7 - After the birth of[fn] Enosh, Seth lived another 807 years, and he had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:8 - Seth lived 912 years, and then he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:10 - After the birth of Kenan, Enosh lived another 815 years, and he had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:11 - Enosh lived 905 years, and then he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:13 - After the birth of Mahalalel, Kenan lived another 840 years, and he had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:14 - Kenan lived 910 years, and then he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:16 - After the birth of Jared, Mahalalel lived another 830 years, and he had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:17 - Mahalalel lived 895 years, and then he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:18 - When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:19 - After the birth of Enoch, Jared lived another 800 years, and he had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:20 - Jared lived 962 years, and then he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:22 - After the birth of Methuselah, Enoch lived in close fellowship with God for another 300 years, and he had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:23 - Enoch lived 365 years,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:25 - When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:26 - After the birth of Lamech, Methuselah lived another 782 years, and he had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:27 - Methuselah lived 969 years, and then he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:28 - When Lamech was 182 years old, he became the father of a son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:30 - After the birth of Noah, Lamech lived another 595 years, and he had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:31 - Lamech lived 777 years, and then he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:32 - By the time Noah was 500 years old, he was the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:3 - Then the LORD said, “My Spirit will not put up with[fn] humans for such a long time, for they are only mortal flesh. In the future, their normal lifespan will be no more than 120 years.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:15 - Make the boat 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:6 - Noah was 600 years old when the flood covered the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:11 - When Noah was 600 years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the underground waters erupted from the earth, and the rain fell in mighty torrents from the sky.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:24 - And the floodwaters covered the earth for 150 days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:3 - So the floodwaters gradually receded from the earth. After 150 days,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:13 - Noah was now 601 years old. On the first day of the new year, ten and a half months after the flood began,[fn] the floodwaters had almost dried up from the earth. Noah lifted back the covering of the boat and saw that the surface of the ground was drying.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:28 - Noah lived another 350 years after the great flood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:29 - He lived 950 years, and then he died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:10 - This is the account of Shem’s family. Two years after the great flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of[fn] Arphaxad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:11 - After the birth of[fn] Arphaxad, Shem lived another 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:13 - After the birth of Shelah, Arphaxad lived another 403 years and had other sons and daughters.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:15 - After the birth of Eber, Shelah lived another 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:17 - After the birth of Peleg, Eber lived another 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:19 - After the birth of Reu, Peleg lived another 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:21 - After the birth of Serug, Reu lived another 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:23 - After the birth of Nahor, Serug lived another 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:25 - After the birth of Terah, Nahor lived another 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:32 - Terah lived for 205 years[fn] and died while still in Haran.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14 - When Abram heard that his nephew Lot had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men who had been born into his household. Then he pursued Kedorlaomer’s army until he caught up with them at Dan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:13 - Then the LORD said to Abram, “You can be sure that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, where they will be oppressed as slaves for 400 years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:17 - Then Abraham bowed down to the ground, but he laughed to himself in disbelief. “How could I become a father at the age of 100?” he thought. “And how can Sarah have a baby when she is ninety years old?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:5 - Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:1 - When Sarah was 127 years old,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:15 - “My lord, please listen to me. The land is worth 400 pieces[fn] of silver, but what is that between friends? Go ahead and bury your dead.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16 - So Abraham agreed to Ephron’s price and paid the amount he had suggested—400 pieces of silver, weighed according to the market standard. The Hittite elders witnessed the transaction.

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